Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site

Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site

Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site is an archeological site on Parris Island, South Carolina, which is also known as Ribault Monument, San Marcos, San Felipe, or 38BU51 and 38BU162. It is the site of two settlements dating to the time of European colonization: Charlesfort, founded by the French explorer Jean Ribault in 1562, and Santa Elena, founded by the Spanish in 1566. For some background see Timeline of the colonization of North America.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site
• Page 52 - White, S., 2017 A Cold Welcome: The Littel Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America: Harvard Univ. Press, 361p.